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TORONTO -- The Toronto Maple Leafs won their third straight and handed the Vancouver Canucks their third straight loss.However, the game will mostly be remembered for a third period that spun out of control.Tyler Bozak had two goals and an assist, Nazem Kadri, Mitch Marner, Nikita Soshnikov and Jake Gardiner also scored as Toronto beat Vancouver 6-3 Saturday night. Frederik Andersen stopped 23 of 26 shots before being replaced by Jhonas Enroth, who had three saves in his 5:08.The last 14 minutes saw eight fighting majors and seven game misconducts.We as a team we just wanted to close out a win, Maple Leafs defenseman Morgan Rielly said. Thats all were thinking about. Were not going out there trying to do anything to cause it, were just playing our game and trying to win a hockey game.Kadri was kicked out for charging, Canucks goaltender Ryan Miller fought Maple Leafs tough guy Matt Martin, and a Canucks player was overheard by multiple reporters threatening an opposing player.It all started when Rielly caught Canucks forward Jannik Hansen with an apparent blind-side hit six-plus minutes into the final period. Trailing 5-2 at that point, the Vancouver bench erupted when there was no penalty called. Their fire bubbled higher that same shift when Kadri drilled Daniel Sedin with a left shoulder to the head area just as Sedin was scoring the Canucks third goal.Sedin said he was fine afterward, but described the collision as an obvious foul.Kadri, who scored the games first goal, was immediately charged by Hansen (dealt an instigator penalty), the two briefly dropping the gloves as the intensity ratcheted up a few notches. Considered a repeat offender by the league, Kadri will likely face suspension for the hit.Obviously it was a bad hit, Miller said. They kind of set the table and what do you expect when you make that kind of a play? Were going to have to answer somehow.Vancouver sought that retribution with Derek Dorsett grabbing Leo Komarov for an unwanted fight off a faceoff. Dorsett howled at the Leafs and their bench afterward, restrained by an official as he made his way to the dressing room.It was only the third career NHL fight for Komarov.As you saw its probably not my thing, he said.Another fight followed seven seconds later with Rielly seeking payback for an apparent spear to the mid-section from Canucks winger Alex Burrows. Burrows was likely looking for payback himself for Riellys hit on Hansen.Unhappy with the attempts on Komarov and Rielly, Martin got involved with just over five minutes remaining in regulation. Prior to the period, Leafs coach Mike Babcock told him the following: `Marty, make sure theres no trouble, just finish the game off.Trouble there was, though.Racing against rookie defenseman Troy Stecher for control of a puck in the Canucks zone, Martin proceeded to throw Stecher to the ice and level the 22-year-old with a few shots. That was enough for Miller, who strode quickly from his crease and jumped the Leafs 6-foot-3, 220-pound winger.He was soon joined by teammates, Leafs goalie Frederik Andersen eventually racing in to join the melee.No, Im not going to let that kid be baptized in this league by Martin, said Miller, who also once fought former Leafs goalie Jonathan Bernier in a preseason game. I think (Martin) was a little bit predatory on that one.Babcock said he hadnt seen rodeo stuff of that kind since he coached in the Western Hockey League.Its hockey. You fight sometimes, Komarov said.The fireworks didnt stop even after the final whistle. Canucks defenseman Erik Gudbranson was overheard by reporters stating, Matt Martins dead as he walked into the Vancouver dressing room at Air Canada Centre.I dont care too much about that, Martin said when informed of the comments. The game will be played the next time we play them. It will run its course, Im sure.You dont like seeing your guys getting jumped like that, either, so it worked out the way it did, he added.The teams next meet Dec. 3 in Vancouver.Shut out in their previous two games and in four of the past five outings, the Canucks managed to end their goal drought, albeit falling to 0-7-1 while getting shut out four times since beating Buffalo on Oct. 20.Its kind of getting towards rock bottom here, but maybe getting nice and pissed off is good for this club right now, Miller said.Dorsett, Henrik Sedin and Daniel Sedin scored for the Canucks, and Miller finished with 36 saves.Babcock summed up the victory simply: We got excited. They got excited. We got excited. We won.The opening period was all Toronto. The Leafs fired 14 consecutive shots over a span of about 14 minutes and scored the games first two goals.Kadri opened the scoring with his sixth of the season and third in the last three games with 7:40 left in the period. Bozak upped the lead to 2-0 about four minutes later on the 14th straight on goal for Toronto.Dorsett brought the Canucks within one 26 seconds later though, ending Vancouvers lengthy shutout spell (almost 160 minutes).Bozak added his second of the game on a power play late in the second to make it 3-1. It was Bozaks 15th career multi-goal game and the seventh for a Leafs player this season.Vancouver again got one back quickly, this time just 1:20 later as Henrik Sedin beat Andersen with the first goal for the captain since Oct. 23.Marner scored on a feed from Bozak less than five minutes into the third with his fourth of the season.The action turned nasty after Soshnikov scored his first of the season to make it 5-2.Game notes Matthews was pointless in five straight games heading into the evening. He hit a pair of posts, later ending his point drought with a third-period assist.UP NEXTCanucks: At the New York Islanders on Monday night in the fourth game of a six-game trip.Maple Leafs: Host Los Angeles on Tuesday night in the middle game of a three-game homestand. Fake Yeezy Online .ca looks back at the stories and moments that made the year memorable. Discount Yeezy Store . 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Last week, we speculated over the potential landing spot of the League of Legends offseasons biggest free agent, AD carry wunderkind and three-time Worlds quarterfinalist Kim Deft Hyuk-kyu, after he announced he is leaving the Chinese region in hopes of joining a South Korean club in 2017.The second hottest League free agent, former Summoners Cup winner and Worlds MVP Cho Mata Se-hyeong, also departed from the LPL region, turning down more money in China to return home to the LCK region for the upcoming split.One of the best leaders in the games history -- although obviously not the offensive ace like Deft -- Mata might even be more valuable for teams looking to get over the hump in the worlds most difficult region. What would the South Korean League of Legends landscape look like when Mata finds a new home?SKT Mata?Like with Deft, people are going to be quick to insert Mata into the SK Telecom T1 lineup and gush over how the greatest team in the world just got better. Of course, on paper the swap of Mata for Lee Wolf Jae-wan seems like a no-brainer; however, for all of Wolfs shortcomings, his chemistry and partnership with star marksmen Bae Bang Jun-sik is unquestioned. Their bot lane partnership dates back to NaJin Shield in late 2012 and early 2013. Two world championships and four years of being by each others side is something you cant just simply brush aside for something shinier in the rearview mirror.Would SKT Mata be interesting? Yes, and it might be the added piece that helps SKTs macro game reach the levels it did back in 2015, when the team only dropped one game at the World Championships. Logically, though, would you break up a back-to-back world champion bottom lane to sign your teams former greatest rival?ROX Mata?As we mentioned with Deft, the ROX Tigers are only the Tigers because of the friendship between the players and coaching staff within the organization. You start moving players around and bringing in bigger names just for the sake of celebrity, and theyre no longer the ROX Tigers but some other sort of animal entirely. Also, is Mata even better than ROXs current starter in Kang GorillA Beom-hyeon? Gorilla didnt reach the same heights as he did in his breakout 2015 season, but he is firm in his position as one of the worlds elite supports.Out of all the teams in the LCK, ROX Mata seems the least likely.SSG Mata?Could the captain return home to the organization he led to a world title in 2014? It would be quite poetic for the maestro to sign with Samsung after the club came up one game short of winning the 2016 Summoners Cup. The only roadblock would be, well, money, which is why Mata left the team in the first place. And dont forget a guy named Jo Core JJ Yong-in, whose play at the World Championships could have possibly netted him his own MVP award if Samsung had won the fifth game over SKT in the finals. After playing AD carry for all of his professional career, Core JJ changed positions in hopes of becoming the best support in the world, and lless than a year into his transition, hes already making a case for himself.ddddddddddddWhile nostalgia is strong, Samsung were diligent in their rebuild of the roster without taking any shortcuts. Now after finally achieving their goal of reviving the franchise, the club has a bottom lane duo of Core and Park Ruler Jae-hyuk that hasnt even nearly reached their full potential together.KT Mata?Pull the trigger, KT. Do it. If there was one place where it would make sense for both parties, it would be KT Rolster. Mata would be joining a top team with chances of contending in the spring, and KT could sign the player that will ultimately get them over the hump of never making it to a Worlds final. Although KT has been a contender the past four years, they failed to make a semifinal of a World Championship, having to watch at home as SKT T1, their arch-nemesis of over a decade in esports, won a trio of titles.Ha Hachani Seung-chan, the teams current starter, has been maligned for a majority of his career despite putting together a strong split last summer. Unfortunately, Hachani, regardless of how good hes gotten, is not Mata. And unlike Core, you dont have the same feeling of belief that there is still a higher ceiling he can reach. The Hachani we see in front of us is probably the Hachani that we will have from now on: an above average, starter-level player in Korea, but not a standout or game breaker.Mata is a game breaker. He can be the difference between a middling team going nowhere and one raising hardware. Be it with KT Deft or the teams current starter in No Arrow Dong-hyeon, the addition of Mata would change the entire complexion of KT Rolster. The farthest KT Rolster has ever gotten at Worlds -- well, their only time going to Worlds -- was when the brain trust of Go Score Dong-bin and Lee Piccaboo Jong-beom led the roller coaster ride to the quarterfinals before losing to the Tigers. The tandem of Score and Mata would be unmatched in South Korea when it comes to game knowledge and experience.Longzhu Mata?Longzhu has a lot of money. They could probably get Mata and Deft if they wanted. Although KT Rolster would be a better fit for Mata, the temptation of playing at home while also making money could be appealing to him. Its the best of both worlds. And maybe, just maybe, with a leader in Mata, the inept late-game of Longzhu could turn into a strength. Longzhu was one of the best teams in the laning phase during the 2016 year but had no clue what to do come the mid-to-late game. If Longzhu had to choose between Deft, an elite carry, and Mata, an elite leader, the latter would be more beneficial for the club over the long run. The team as it stands is already talented -- now they just need a frontman to conduct them.After a pitiful display at IEM Oakland, its less Longzhu should want Mata, and more that the deflated super team needs Mata. ' ' '